French director Justine Triet took the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival for her courtroom drama ‘Anatomy of a Fall’. It caps off a strong year for female directors, with a record seven of the 21 movies directed by women. Al Jazeera’s Alex Baird has more on the final day of the 76th annual festival. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #Cannes2023 #Cannes #AnatomyofaFall
The Cannes Film Festival this year honours women. For the first time, a third of the competing movies are directed by female filmmakers. But it has opened with a controversial one, Jeanne du Barry, directed and portrayed by French director Maïwenn and starring American actor Johnny Depp. It tells the story of French King Louis XV’s favourite mistress. Al Jazeera’s Charlie Angela sat down with Johnny Depp and Maïwenn in Cannes, France. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #Cannes #Cannes2023 #JohnnyDepp #Maiwenn #JeanneduBarry #Filmfestival